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There was submitted a report by the Director of Children's Services relative to the Children's Services Service Improvement Plan 2025/28. The report highlighted that the Service Improvement Plan 2025/28, a copy of which was attached as Appendix 1 of the report, was designed to sit beneath the Council Plan, Community Plan, Risk Management Plan, and the Workforce Plan to form a suite of documents which provided the strategic direction for the service. The Service Improvement Plan identified the priorities being addressed, the key tasks to be implemented, the implementation timetable and the measures of success. It was highlighted that a mid-year progress update on the Plan would be submitted to a meeting of this Policy Board in the autumn of 2025.
DECIDED:
(a) That the content of the Children’s Services 2025/28 Service Improvement Plan, as set out at Appendix 1 to the report, be approved;
(b) That the changes to the action plan and performance indicators, as set out in Section 5 of the report be approved; and
(c) That it be noted that mid-year progress of the Service Improvement Plan, with updates to the Performance Indicators and Action Plan, would be reported to this Policy Board in the Autumn of 2025.